Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754085AbXJIMky (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Oct 2007 08:40:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752577AbXJIMkq (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Oct 2007 08:40:46 -0400 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.169]:56849 "EHLO ug-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752523AbXJIMkp (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Oct 2007 08:40:45 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:date:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent:from; b=cMJTBe7r0KHS+BCvmS2rdlcRWehZJ2WE3YRTmbi5RIY5MLLB8J8hgeaxg0LQs7MFAbxGXMoeKScRyal/EpRnRefrR9Q2ydtH+xZ0mfdrznFOo8b3QsQClrv/cq1iMteswpk3w2ERR59/KJZ82LlfMQ45JcjHzJk9XfOmC3+cOlI= Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 14:40:35 +0200 To: Dmitri Vorobiev Cc: aia21@cantab.net, linux-ntfs-dev@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] NTFS error messages: replace static char pointers by static char arrays Message-ID: <20071009124035.GA4245@Ahmed> References: <470AA75E.7010508@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <470AA75E.7010508@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 From: "Ahmed S. Darwish" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 835 Lines: 27 On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 01:55:42AM +0400, Dmitri Vorobiev wrote: > Hi, > > The patch below contains a small code clean-up for the NTFS driver: all > static char pointers to error message strings have been replaced by > static char arrays. > Hi Dmitri, Isn't the only difference between char *c = "msg" and char c[] = "msg" is that the first is a non-const pointer to a const char array while the second is a modifiable char array ? If so, what's the point of the patch ? Thanks, -- Ahmed S. Darwish HomePage: http://darwish.07.googlepages.com Blog: http://darwish-07.blogspot.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/